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Notice for the OJ

 

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 18 January 2005

in Case T-93/02: Confédération nationale du Crédit Mutuel v Commission of the European Communities1

(State aid - Measures taken by the French Republic for Crédit Mutuel - Livret bleu - Decision 2003/216/EC - Duty to state reasons - Action for annulment)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-93/02: Confédération nationale du Crédit Mutuel, established in Paris (France), represented by A. Carnelutti and J.-P. Gunther, lawyers, supported by French Republic (Agents: G. de Bergues and F. Million, with an address for service in Luxembourg), against Commission of the European Communities (Agent: G. Rozet, with an address for service in Luxembourg) ( action for annulment of Commission Decision 2003/216/EC of 15 January 2002 on State aid granted by France to Crédit Mutuel (OJ 2003 L 88, p. 39), in the form of excess compensation for collection and management costs of regulated savings under the 'Livret bleu' system ( the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber, Extended Composition), composed of J. Pirrung, President, V. Tiili, A.W.H. Meij, M. Vilaras and N.J. Forwood, Judges, J. Palacio González, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar; has given a judgment on 18 January 2005, in which it:

Annuls Commission Decision 2003/216 EC of 15 January 2002 on State aid granted by the French Republic to Crédit Mutuel;

Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay the applicant's costs;

Orders the French Republic to bear its own costs.

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1 - OJ C 131 of 1.6.2002.